MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 282, April 23, 2000 ]

DECLARING THE TIPULU-AN MAU-IT WATERSHED FOREST RESERVE SITUATED IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF SIBALOM, PROVINCE OF ANTIQUE AS A PROTECTED AREA PURSUANT TO REPUBLIC ACT 7586 (NIPAS ACT OF 1992) AND SHALL BE KNOWN AS SIBALOM NATURAL PARK

Upon recommendation of the Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources, and pursuant to the powers vested upon me by law, I, JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA, President of the Philippines, do hereby set aside and declare the Tipulu-an Mau-it Watershed Forest Reserve situated in the Municipality of Sibalom, Province of Antique as Protected Area under the category of Natural Park, subject to private rights and without prejudice to the rights of the Indigenous People as provided for in Republic Act 8371, DENR Administrative Order 93-02 and other related rules and regulations, if any, as described in DENR NIPAS Map No. R6-3 with the following technical descriptions.

The Natural Park begins at a point marked “1” being S 60° 00E 9,690 meters from Bureau of Land Boundary Monument (BLBM) No. 2 of Brgy. Egaña, Sibalom, Antique;

Thence N 29° 45E 503.60 meters to corner 2;
Thence due North 645.40 meters to corner 3;
Thence N 60° 34E 993.90 meters to corner 4;
Thence N 10° 54E 423.50 meters to corner 5;
Thence N 35° 42E 483.20 meters to corner 6;
Thence N 21° 48E 443.40 meters to corner 7;
Thence N 31° 44E 886.10 meters to corner 8;
Thence N 72° 32E 340.80 meters to corner 9;
Thence S 87° 29E 229.80 meters to corner 10;
Thence S 88° 29E 289.90 meters to corner 11;
Thence N 45° 39E 694.00 meters to corner 12;
Thence N 41° 45E 622.80 meters to corner 13;
Thence S 69° 27E 338.90 meters to corner 14;
Thence N 19° 20E 453.20 meters to corner 15;
Thence N 52° 36E 673.40 meters to corner 16;
Thence N 35° 42E 765.10 meters to corner 17;
Thence N 7° 57W 342.90 meters to corner 18;
Thence N 59° 35W 442.00 meters to corner 19;
Thence N 59° 35W 502.20 meters to corner 20;
Thence N 48° 39W 782.50 meters to corner 21;
Thence N 79° 31W 394.70 meters to corner 22;
Thence N 33° 44W 594.20 meters to corner 23;
Thence S 64° 27W 348.80 meters to corner 24;
Thence N 62° 34W 542.20 meters to corner 25;
Thence N 50° 34W 602.60 meters to corner 26;
Thence N 30° 44E 292.10 meters to corner 27;
Thence N 47° 37E 321.80 meters to corner 28;
Thence N 48° 38E 1065.70 meters to corner 29;
Thence N 45° 39E 603.40 meters to corner 30;
Thence N 62° 34E 351.30 meters to corner 31;
Thence N 88° 31E 380.00 meters to corner 32;
Thence S 42° 18E 218.60 meters to corner 33;
Thence S 55° 24E 1,432.70 meters to corner 34;
Thence N 83° 31E 590.40 meters to corner 35;
Thence N 75° 32E 741.40 meters to corner 36;
Thence S 38° 17E 486.70 meters to corner 37;
Thence S 50° 21E 437.50 meters to corner 38;
Thence N 73° 32E 932.00 meters to corner 39;
Thence N 64° 33E 351.20 meters to corner 40;
Thence N 55° 36E 291.30 meters to corner 41;
Thence N 26° 46E 493.60 meters to corner 42;
Thence N 71° 33W 541.50 meters to corner 43;
Thence N 48° 39W 291.70 meters to corner 44;
Thence N 36° 43W 402.80 meters to corner 45;
Thence N 46° 38E 794.40 meters to corner 46;
Thence N 11° 53E 302.50 meters to corner 47;
Thence N 21° 50W 645.10 meters to corner 48;
Thence S 62° 25E 815.60 meters to corner 49;
Thence N 71° 32E 2997.30 meters to corner 50;
Thence due South 941.90 meters to corner 51;
Thence S 36° 17E 575.90 meters to corner 52;
Thence S 09° 05W 337.20 meters to corner 53;
Thence S 39° 19W 546.50 meters to corner 54;
Thence S 18° 10W 982.10 meters to corner 55;
Thence S 04° 03W 1140.30 meters to corner 56;
Thence S 89° 29W 520.00 meters to corner 57;
Thence S 51° 23W 930.20 meters to corner 58;
Thence S 74° 28W 1197.40 meters to corner 59;
Thence S 45° 21W 1200.70 meters to corner 60;
Thence S 24° 13W 595.40 meters to corner 61;
Thence S 45° 21W 556.70 meters to corner 62;
Thence S 37° 18W 884.40 meters to corner 63;
Thence S 43° 20W 2760.00 meters to corner 64;
Thence S 18° 19W 1052.00 meters to corner 65;
Thence S 10° 03E 486.40 meters to corner 66;
Thence S 28° 12E 1647.70 meters to corner 67;
Thence N 88° 29W 5893.70 meters to point of
beginning

containing an approximate area of Five Thousand Five Hundred Eleven and 47/100 (5,511.47) Hectares, subject to actual ground survey.1aшphi1

These areas shall be under the administrative jurisdiction of the DENR and shall be administered in accordance with the provisions of the NIPAS Act of 1992.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.

Done in the City of Manila, this 23rd day of APRIL, in the year of Our Lord, two thousand.

(Sgd.) JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA

By the President:

RONALDO B. ZAMORA
Executive Secretary


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